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Sometimes, messing with the settings for uploading videos to YouTube doesn't turn out quite as well as you want it to. Luckily, with the help of this article, you can set the default YouTube uploading settings easily for the best upload experience possible.

Steps

1

Open your favorite browser.

2

Go to YouTube.com.

3

Sign in. Click on the "Sign In" button, which can be found on the top right corner of the page.

4

Enter your email address and password. Next, click on Sign In.

5

Click on your thumb image at the top right corner of the page. This will open a drop-down menu.

6

Click on the small gear icon.

7

Click on “View Additional Features”.

8

Click on “Upload Defaults” on the left hand side menu.

The "upload defaults" settings page will open.

You can set default upload settings for many different options, such as privacy, category, title, license, tags, suggested edits, and more. Click "Save" to apply the changes.

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wikiHow is a “wiki,” similar to Wikipedia, which means that many of our articles are co-written by multiple authors. To create this article, volunteer authors worked to edit and improve it over time. This article has also been viewed 3,442 times.